NEWS FETCH — April 18, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Calif ABC Handed Its Head In A Bag By Appeals Board Which Rips Agency and Rejects Its Winery-Bottlerock Tied-House Cases (4-article special report)
• Remembering North Coast winemaker
• Shibumi Knoll Winery Owner Don Ross Dies At 74
• DtC Shipments Climb 12%; Total Wine Sales up 4%
• El Niño a disappointment in still-too-dry Southern California
• This is how Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY

• Prosecco popularity ‘could see supplies run out’
• Australian wine exports jump 13% by value
• This is how you can get meaningful reporting and compliance information from your business data *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• California’s New Wave of Sparkling Wine
• Napa Valley Vintners Encourages Wineries to Reduce Commuter Traffic
• Lloyd joins Salvestrin Winery as GM
• Big rig carrying wine flips on Bay Area freeway
• Catherine Fallis to Speak at April 20th WWS Winemaker Event
• USATT Interview with Bill Earle from the National Association of Beverage Importers (NABI)*Sponsored Link*

WINEBIZ, PAY ATTENTION!

• Forget scores & premiumization: this is actually how real consumers actually buy wine
• Everyone Really Is Just Picking Their Wine Based on the Label

DROUGHT/WATER

• Delta pumping restricted to Southern California despite rainy weather
• California’s Delta-Groundwater Nexus: Delta Effects of Ending Central Valley Overdraft?
• New water legislation wants to spend a lot more money helping California survive the drought
• Is the California drought America’s water wake-up call?
• Answer to California drought may be just under our feet

RECYCLED WASTEWATER

• Using Wastewater For Vineyard Irrigation

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Export Data Shows Free-Flowing Wine Sales After Free Trade Agreements In China, Japan And South Korea

DISTRIBUTORS

• Are You Really Ready To Pitch A Distributor: Here’s the Checklist *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Changes To Bordeaux Coverage In The Wine Advocate
• Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 has maintained its upward momentum last week
• 2015 Bordeaux Barrels Diary: The Dragon on the Right Bank
• Fine wine ‘time capsule’ up for sale
• Best value 100-point Haut-Brion
• Lafite 2000 Selling for $15,350 Leads Sotheby’s Wine Auction
• Montrachet Leads Acker New York Auction With Sale at $43,225

HEALTH

• Women’s nightly wine tipple now treated with implants (Ireland)

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Red Stripe Wins a Big Round

DATA & TRENDS

• Washington Malbec continues to gain momentum
• UK: Prosecco growth ‘offset decline of still wine’ last year
• Prosecco sales grow by a third, with retailer own labels taking biggest share

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• In large quantities and before lunch: how wine should be drunk

MARKETING & SALES

• Could your online wine store use a spring cleaning?
• Is advertising too obsessed with millennials?
• Watch your language if you want to sell to Millennials or the up-and-coming Gen Z (Hint: don’t be gender binary)

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• 10 Tips to Designing the Perfect Trade Advert *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• The top five apps for wine lovers
• Facebook is promising live-video publishers in-stream ad options
• What the latest Facebook Reactions data means for social marketers
• The 22-year-old whiz kid who runs Apple’s Twitter account shares his social media tips

PAYMENTS

• 4 Ways Mobile Payments Can Help Your Business Grow

MEDIA MATTERS

• Google takes action over bloggers’ product reviews

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Red blends and old vines: A connection?
• Don’t be afraid to play with your wine
• Biodynamic vs organic wines
• On Luxury and Wine
• Storing wine? Here are a few useful tips

WINE PEOPLE

• Cornell Researcher Wins Award For Helping Unravel Leafroll Disease
• Cristom’s Steve Doerner Talks Oregon Pinot Noir
• Lelañea Fulton​ shares her tricks of the trade
• Christian Seely of AXA Millésimes (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• Produttori del Barbaresco

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• WA: Tension grows over project on road leading to Zillah wine country
• New York Wineries Hope Palates Warm to Cold-Hardy Grape Varietals
• Ohio Wines: Some new grape varieties on the horizon

ACADEMIA

• OR: Linfield College adds to Wine Lecture Series

EUROPE & THE UK

• What is the EU Common Agricultural Policy?
• Italy aims for 27%-30% growth in food and wine exports to India
• French winemaker to launch new wines after château acquisition
• Recent political controversies for French wine and their impact
• Organic Wine Consumption Doubles In Italy
• French dismiss Italy’s claim to produce world’s best wine
• “Our wine is better than French wine” – Italian Prime Minister Renzi at #Vinitaly2016

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Marlborough to be ‘full’ within years
• OZ: Possible effects of changes to alcohol taxes
• OZ: Tough times for alcohol industry
• Thirst for red in China pushes wine exports past UK for first time
• Wines of Western Australia calls for WET reforms to respect core principles previously agreed
• OZ: Premium wine export hit fresh highs, but many winemakers continue to struggle under high debt

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Chinese wine – ready to export?
• Chinese businessman draws attention of wine salesmen in Italy

SOUTH AFRICA

• On old-vine Chardonnay and South Africa’s murky wine history

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Winston Churchill Received A Prescription For Alcohol To Get Around American Prohibition
• TRIbella Wine Aerator review

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS – A Sampling of Today’s Headlines

• Owner of Devils Backbone resigns from Brewers Association board
• The Brewers of Europe: level playing field sought for US imports
• Nielsen CGA Releases First Fully Projected On Premise Measure For The U.S. Beverage Alcohol Market
• Vodka Carves Out Growth, As Smirnoff Rebounds While Upstarts Thrive
• Celebrating the Small, Independent and Traditional Craft Brewers

Get the rest of today’s craft news at Craft Beverage Insights